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I hope this makes sense
I brought a house to rent out to someone i know well a couple of months ago. He gets into a relationship with a girl who moves in (no issue)
However she still has her housing association flat and is still near the top of the "list" to get another place due to issues with an ex etc etc
she said the rent was a bit high and the kitchen outdated
we have updated the Tenancy agreement and she is now a joint tenant and now also pregnant....
I have said when she gives up her tenancy on her social housing and is no longer on any housing list will i then put a new kitchen in. I said this because i didn't want to spend money on such a thing when she could just move back to her flat
So i guess my question is this
Now she has given notice on her tenancy (and when its fully finished) does this automatically remove her from any kind of list so she can no longer bid on council/ HA places or is this a completely separate process
I brought a house to rent out to someone i know well a couple of months ago. He gets into a relationship with a girl who moves in (no issue)
However she still has her housing association flat and is still near the top of the "list" to get another place due to issues with an ex etc etc
she said the rent was a bit high and the kitchen outdated
we have updated the Tenancy agreement and she is now a joint tenant and now also pregnant....
I have said when she gives up her tenancy on her social housing and is no longer on any housing list will i then put a new kitchen in. I said this because i didn't want to spend money on such a thing when she could just move back to her flat
So i guess my question is this
Now she has given notice on her tenancy (and when its fully finished) does this automatically remove her from any kind of list so she can no longer bid on council/ HA places or is this a completely separate process
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Did the kitchen need doing or not? I honestly don't think her position vis-a-vis the housing list (or anything else) is any of your business. A new kitchen (or a new anything else) should not be a condition of her giving up things to which she is entitled. Her flat, and her position on the housing list, is between her and the council / HA's and nothing to do with you.3
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Given that council flats are only made available to those who might otherwise be homeless and she isn't I think that she'd no longer be on any council lists. Housing associations seem to work with the council and in a similar way so I do think she will have burnt all her bridges.
But if you are saying she has just moved in and is complaining about how much the rent is I wonder if it was wise to put her on the tenancy agreement.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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The kitchen will need doing in due course. If she wasn't prepared to give up the flat then i wasn't prepared to put a new kitchen in. She has agreed to me. So yes it is my business because i wouldn't spend money on something which i dont need to for someone to just go and get a council placeLinLui said:Did the kitchen need doing or not? I honestly don't think her position vis-a-vis the housing list (or anything else) is any of your business. A new kitchen (or a new anything else) should not be a condition of her giving up things to which she is entitled. Her flat, and her position on the housing list, is between her and the council / HA's and nothing to do with you.
Its called a captive audience and a condition of having things done which dont really need doing at the moment.
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when i say complaining she was mentioning there were other places in better condition for less money but he (the first tenant) would never have got his own placeBrie said:Given that council flats are only made available to those who might otherwise be homeless and she isn't I think that she'd no longer be on any council lists. Housing associations seem to work with the council and in a similar way so I do think she will have burnt all her bridges.
But if you are saying she has just moved in and is complaining about how much the rent is I wonder if it was wise to put her on the tenancy agreement.
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Wonder why she would give up a HA place just to rent privately with a partner? Moving in with someone who owned a place, possibly, but going from HA with a List place to something bigger or better, to Private rent and pregnant, not something I'd consider.Paddle No 21:wave:0
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Bear in mind they can still give you notice and leave for any other reason after you put the new kitchen in...4
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Due to the area she lived in previously vastly different to where she lives nowGibbsRule_No3. said:Wonder why she would give up a HA place just to rent privately with a partner? Moving in with someone who owned a place, possibly, but going from HA with a List place to something bigger or better, to Private rent and pregnant, not something I'd consider.0 -
oh yes of course she can but there is the ability to get another place. Always a risk though. But this seems to eliminate one risk over which i have some control (giving up HA flat etc)flossymcfly said:Bear in mind they can still give you notice and leave for any other reason after you put the new kitchen in...0 -
There's a common view - don't rent to friends or relatives. Quick way to ruin relationships.0
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100% but when you can afford to help someone out and that improves their direction in life and life in general I don't see the harmtheartfullodger said:There's a common view - don't rent to friends or relatives. Quick way to ruin relationships.2
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